Not to be unexpected. Many people were hurt deeply by the kings prolonged absence.

Any review needs to be taken with consideration to the source/site as well as the individual reviewer.

I thought 1up was more reputable than that.

This is not to say that any given game can't be graded an "F" but in doing so, a reviewer is essentially staking his/her reputation in claiming that said game is completely broken, bordering on unplayable if not completely unplayable. If this isn't the case, then the review comes off as more of a personal rant rather than a professional evaluation.

Anyone can rant in a blog or in comments sections anonymously, but if a reviewer is banking on retaining any semblance of professional credibility, they really don't have that luxury unless the product in question is genuinely broken.

Most of the reviews I have read for the Duke are basically people just saying "I'm disappointed cause the wait was not worth it" or "Its not what I wanted"

Those are not reviews and nothing more than bitching sessions.

Well, this is something I didn't expect to see. Out of John St. John's (Duke) two recent games - the one that comes off feeling like it's trying to be Duke Nukem (Conduit 2 - 64 metacritic) is better than the actual Duke Nukem Forever (49-58 metacritic).

Despite the fanboys, some franchises are best left dead.

F can still be a 1 :D

Anyway, to me it doesn't matter what score exactly a game gets when it's below 5...

F stands for Forever !

Zero is F- I guess.

Anyway I never saw a game receiving a F from 1UP.

Which is ridiculous because it is clearly not that bad.  These reviewers are going to far now.  See, this just shows how unbelievably childish our review system can be, and subsequently explains why no real gamer should let reviews tell them exactly what to play.  You will miss fun games in the shuffle. 

IGN attacked Duke for being somewhat childish and for not progressing much from the base humor and crudeness that was in the original.  F*CKING REALLY?  That's the whole damn point of Duke Nukem. 

Reviewers shoud take a lot of flak for this b.s.

Sounds like this game will be in the $9.99 bin in about 6 months from all the dung thats being dumped on it.

No. It is meh . The 50 Metacrict just show how mediocre the game is.